We describe a rendering system that converts a 3D meshed model into the stylized 2D filled-region vector-art commonly found in clip-art libraries. To properly define filled regions, we analyze and combine accurate but jagged face-normal contours with smooth but inaccurate interpolated vertex normal contours, and construct a new smooth shadow contour that properly surrounds the actual jagged sha...

support vector regression (svr) is a learning method based on the support vector machine (svm) that can be used for curve fitting and function estimation. in this paper, the ability of the nu-svr to predict the catalytic activity of the fischer-tropsch (ft) reaction is evaluated and the result is compared with two other prediction techniques including: multilayer perceptron (mlp) and subtractiv...

In this paper we propose a framework for tracking multiple interacting targets in a wide-area camera network consisting of both overlapping and non-overlapping cameras. Our method is motivated from observations that both individuals and groups of targets interact with each other in natural scenes. We associate each raw target trajectory (i.e., a tracklet) with a group state, which indicates if ...

In this article, we generalize the concept of the Lie algebra of vector fields to the set of smooth sections of a T-bundle which is by definition a canonical generalization of the concept of a tangent bundle. We define a Lie bracket multiplication on this set so that it becomes a Lie algebra. In the particular case of tangent bundles this Lie algebra coincides with the Lie algebra of vector fie...

We offer an efficient method to reduce the number of support vectors for Fuzzy Support Vector Machine. Firstly, we consider the Fuzzy Support Vector Machine model which was proposed by Lin and Wang. For the reducing the number of support vectors, we apply the l0 regularization term to the dual form of this model. The resulting optimization problem is non-smooth and non-convex. The l0 is then re...

In recent years, growing concerns have been expressed – including in the press and social media over apparently inadequate responses of many United Kingdom (UK) universities to complaints student sexual violence misconduct (SSVM). this article, we underscore universities’ legal, ethical, civic responsibilities students, which require them implement effective regimes for prevention sanctioning s...

The Internet has been evolving exponentially those two decades, and various types of communication systems for computer supported cooperative work (CSCW) are available throughout networks. Some of those systems provide handwriting functions, and handwritten messages are used often for authentication. In other communication systems, however, one needs information hiding. A requirement of a commu...